COFFEE. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Calyx five-toothed, small. 
Corolla a salver-shaped petal, divided into five parts. 
Seed-vessel nearly round, and containing two seeds. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Coffea Arabica. C. foliis oblongo-ovatis acuminatis, pedun- 
culis axillaribus aggregatis, corollis quin- 
quefidis. Linn. Spec. Plant. Willd. 1. 
P- 973. 
Leaves of an oblong-ovate shape., and termi- 
nating in a point : flower-stalks axillary, 
and collected together in small branches : 
corolla divided into five parts. 
Jasminum arabicum lauri folio, cujus semen 
apud nos Coffe dicitur. Juss. Act. 1713. 
p. 388. t. 1. 
Euonyno similis segyptiaca, fructu baccis lauri 
simili. Pluk. Phyt. 272. f. 1. 
Bon. Alp. AEgypt. 3 6. t. 36. 
Coffee. . . . Blackw. Herb. t. 337. Ellis's History of 
the Coffee-tree. 
There are several species belonging to this genus ; 
but the one we have chosen is by far the most 
